EL PASO, Texas — A soldier stationed at Fort Bliss in Texas was arrested on charges of espionage and export violations for attempting to transmit information on the M1A2 Abrams Tank to Russian officials in exchange for receiving Russian citizenship.

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Taylor Adam Lee, 22, an active-duty soldier from Fort Bliss, has been charged with espionage

The Department of Justice says Lee gave secrets about military equipment to the Russian Federation

He allegedly transmitted data to Russia and gave a piece of hardware from a tank to a facility in El Paso

The information exchange was an effort to obtain Russian citizenship, authorities say

According to a press release from the Department of Justice, Taylor Adam Lee, 22, of El Paso, was arrested on charges of “attempted transm

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